Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We would also like to appeal for funds to help us finance this event . |
| 2 | He asked me for £100,000 to help him pay legal fees . |
| 3 | For those whose chief concern is for Yeats , the book will of course make him seem shadowy and self-deluding , but it will also testify to his conscientiousness and loyalty . |
| 4 | What sort of boat do you think this is ? ’ |
| 5 | Yes , we are gon na see if we can get you a pair of shoes Do you want some shoes . |
| 6 | Frequent washing and thorough drying of feet makes them feel comfortable and keeps them healthy . |
| 7 | The non-assertive quality is of course obvious in all the uses of blend dare which parallel those of the full modal : ( 48 ) And when I saw he was attracted by someone else , the fear and the jealousy that seized me ! |
| 8 | What sort of room do you have next door ? |
| 9 | The experience of war made him question both the metaphysical assumption of an impassible God , and the hortatory patriotic moralism of many contemporary churchmen and political leaders . |
| 10 | She would have written to the man to protest , but there had been no address , and only when she had power of attorney did she find any link with Venice — the Banco D'Oro . |
| 11 | ‘ I would n't let an eagle of Wrath hear you claim that ! ’ she said . |
| 12 | Of course the response which is likely to be made to such objections is that God works with human beings , so that only when human society has reached a certain stage of development does it become appropriate to ordain women . |
| 13 | Fromentin and Gerome see the soil of the South as colourless , and a lot of people see it like that . |
| 14 | A teacher at the junior high school in the town of Kizu made them hold negative and positive terminals while he turned on an electric current . |
| 15 | Here are some : To get out of trouble To get someone else out of trouble To make us look better than we are Try to think of some more . |
| 16 | Avoid the mirror syndrome , the acquisition of friends to make you feel good with yourself . |
| 17 | While recognising that recent trends in health education are encouraging a move away from a purely topics-based programme , pupils need to have access to reliable information on a wide range of aspects of health to help them make informed judgements about healthy practices . |
| 18 | ‘ It made me angry , and that sort of thing makes me get stuck in . ’ |
| 19 | At first he found the increase of activity made him feel healthier , but soon the exhaustion of travelling — and the waste of time involved — began to affect him . |
| 20 | I said , ‘ What kind of gun do you call that ? ’ |
| 21 | What sort of party did you have last week at the chapel ? |
| 22 | Frankie had scrubbed his hands and feet and dampened his hair with water to make it lie flat and tidy against his head . |
| 23 | We work in partnership with customers to help them exploit innovative technology . |
| 24 | One official wrote that the missing cattle ‘ have probably been driven off some distance by some of the bolder spirits of the village , and hired out for the season to some not over-scrupulous cultivator , with instructions to let them go loose when done with . |
| 25 | Drinkwise 1993 is designed to provide the public with information about alcohol to help them make informed choices about drinking . |
| 26 | I did n't mind the new litter in Italy ; trash in cities makes me feel comfortable , as increasingly its absence from the streets indicates money , lots of it . |
| 27 | Only after his father 's return to England in July do we possess any report of activity on his part . |
| 28 | ‘ No , Rose , not even in joke do you say that . ’ |
| 29 | okay bung it in Gungadin Do we need any more cereal ? |
| 30 | They hate monkeys in Hartlepool did you know that ? |